shipshape
/ˈʃɪpʃeɪp
/adjective
In good order; trim and neat: he checked that everything was shipshape...
- He shuttles her to the tops of mountains for practice runs, keeps their 52-foot sailboat shipshape, and makes sure she doesn't completely lose touch with the world beyond dirt and chain lube.
- We thought it would make an amazing base - although we've averaged 16 hours a day for several months since March to get the place shipshape.
- For generations they were the hub of Yorkshire's fishing industry - where families worked together to mend nets, bait lines, and ensure everything was shipshape for harvesting the sea.
Synonyms
neat and tidy, orderly, well ordered, in (good) order, well kept, spick and span, in apple-pie order, as neat as a new pin, immaculate, uncluttered, straight, trim, spruce;
spotless, as fresh as paint
British informal, dated shipshape and Bristol fashion
archaic tricksy